February 2026 marks 30 years of The Sidings Ryedale YMCA project.
Over the last 30 years, the team here at Ryedale YMCA have helped over 600 young people to manage their own tenancies, get the mental health and wellbeing support needed and gain important life skills to go on to living independently and successfully in the community.
We are incredibly proud of our achievements and hearing the success stories former residents encourages us to keep pressing forward in improving the lives of and supporting the people we work with.
To celebrate our 30th anniversary, we have successfully received funding to produce a book, ‘30 Pearls of Wisdom‘ which will include inspirational quotes and sayings, images and artwork from the project, and useful contact details. The books will be gifted to our residents when they are ready to move on from us, and will also be sold to fund our Mental Health & Wellbeing Project – watch this space for more information to come!
